BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:691@makeitealing.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250626T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250921T000000 DTSTAMP:20250620T150452Z URL:https://www.makeitealing.co.uk/events/pitzhanger-manor-gallery-permind ar-kaur-mirrormirror/ SUMMARY:Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery - Permindar Kaur: Mirror\,Mirror DESCRIPTION:Mirror\, Mirror is the largest solo presentation of Permindar K aur’s work in a London institution to date and will take place across th e main gallery and the historic manor. Kaur’s installations use a visual language of toys\, clothing\, and shelter to explore how domestic setting s shape individuals\, and how identity and background relates to these thi ngs.\n\nFor tickets and more information\nEaling\, London: Pitzhanger Mano r &\; Gallery is excited to announce the pairing of British artists Per mindar Kaur and Prem Sahib in site-specific presentations of new and exist ing sculptural works across the galleries\, manor\, and gardens of archite ct Sir John Soane’s former home. Whilst Kaur’s exhibition Mirror\, Mir ror\, will expand from the contemporary gallery spaces into the rooms of t he historic manor\, Sahib’s major new bronze sculpture in Pitzhanger’s gardens will be the starting point for Doubles\, a series of intervention s in the manor.\nThis is the first time that the artists have responded di rectly to a heritage setting\, and with the experience of architecture cen tral to their practices here they relate specifically to Sir John Soane\, a master at casting and recasting materials\, and deploying trompe l’oei l to suggest one thing is another. Both artists embrace this legacy\, inve stigating similar themes of doubles\, reflections and (a)symmetry. Their w orks suggest the familiar and the strange\, Sahib drawing on personal and political histories of the surrounding area\, and Kaur exploring the terri tory of childhood.\nPermindar Kaur: Mirror\, Mirror \nMirror\, Mirror is t he largest solo presentation of Permindar Kaur’s work in a London instit ution to date. Her installations use toys\, clothing\, and shelter to expl ore how domestic settings shape individuals\, and how identity and backgro und relate to these things. Child-like figures equipped with claws\, horns \, or beaks haunt the gallery like sentinels or misfits\, suggesting prote ction\, defiance or both. Drawing on cultural symbolism\, including ceremo nial Sikh colours such as saffron and blue\, her works camouflage Pitzhang er Manor &\; Gallery Trust Mattock Lane\, Ealing Green\, London W5 5EQ www.pitzhanger.org.uk pitzhanger@pitzhanger.org.uk 020 3985 8888 Charity R egistration: 1152434 Company Registration: 08278049 \nthemselves whilst si multaneously asserting their presence. Throughout\, motifs suggesting a hi gh society country house — such as pairs of antlers — are set against felt\, fleece or richly patterned fabrics\, refer to the safety of a child hood comfort blanket or cuddly toy as well as the underlying realities of everyday life.\nKaur will insert new and existing works into the historic interiors of the manor\, to bring a heightened dialogue between the home o f Soane’s day and now — introducing familiarity and uneasiness equally . Her interventions reference hierarchy and status\, reflected in Soane’ s architecture and design. Chameleon-like figures will appear to morph and merge into the eighteenth century fabric of the building — at once inte rlopers and guests.\nMirror\, Mirror presents new and previously unseen co mmissions such as Threshold (2025)\, a ceremonial arch comprised of symbol ic knives and fluffy balls\, and Washing Line Beds (2024)\, an installatio n of black steel bed frames overhung with washing lines of brightly colour ed garments. In evoking the character of the mirror in Snow White\, Kaur p oints to childhood as a key site of identity formation to ask who is the t ruth-telling voice in the mirror\, and where does it come from?\nPermindar Kaur said: “I feel honoured to have been invited by Pitzhanger Manor &a mp\; Gallery to show ‘Mirror\, Mirror’. This exhibition marks both my first major solo exhibition in London and the first opportunity I have had to place my work in a stately home. The setting has offered me interestin g possibilities to locate my work within both a gallery and a traditional domestic setting\, aligning strongly with my continuing interest in ‘Hom e’.”\nPrem Sahib: Doubles \nResponding to the unveiling of their first major public sculpture in the grounds of Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery\, P rem Sahib presents Doubles\, a succession of site-specific responses inhab iting the rooms and spaces of the historic building.\nApotropaic 2 (2025) is a new sculpture that will be sited in the front gardens of the manor an d mirrors an earlier work Apotropaic 1 (2023)\, housed inside the building . Both sculptures — one cast in bronze and the other made from fabric — are of a pair of suspended hooded sweatshirts\, one hovering above the other in an ambiguous embrace\, perhaps one of tenderness or protection.\ nDoubles brings together objects and sculptural interventions from the las t decade or so of Sahib’s practice to reference meaningful local public spaces and events. Some works evoke memories of former buildings and past encounters in neighbouring Walpole Park\, and others explore the idea of a copy or replica in performance\, memory\, deception and perceived threat to destabilise. Questions of mimicry\, marginalisation\, and queer desire will suffuse Pitzhanger to question who belongs\, who is seen and heard in museums and civic spaces.\nFront (2017) is Sahib’s architectural re-ren dering of a window from a public toilet that once stood in the park now tr ansposed to an interior room of the manor. Another installation Archive (2 019)\, brings narratives from the local area inside: a display of letters\ , newspaper clippings and other ephemera from the archive of Sahib’s unc le\, a race equality campaigner during the 1980s in Southall. At night\, a light installation\, Liquid Gold (2016)\, will illuminate the manor in br ight yellow\, turning the building into Pitzhanger Manor &\; Gallery Tr ust Mattock Lane\, Ealing Green\, London W5 5EQ www.pitzhanger.org.uk pitz hanger@pitzhanger.org.uk 020 3985 8888 Charity Registration: 1152434 Compa ny Registration: 08278049 \na beacon. In September\, the installation will be joined by another light beacon in a building of importance to Southall ’s history of community action.\nPrem Sahib said: “The works I am brin ging together are unified by a deep connection to the surrounding area — sometimes focusing on seemingly fleeting details like a reflection\, and other times\, with weightier histories and biographical underpinnings — a double-take on the emotional residues embedded within a place.” \nRich ard Parry\, Head of Public Programmes at Pitzhanger Manor &\; Gallery\, said: “We are thrilled to be presenting the work of two outstanding scu lptors across the entirety of the manor and galleries this summer. The exh ibitions by Permindar Kaur and Prem Sahib each speak to the theme of doubl es and converse with the legacy of Sir John Soane here at Pitzhanger. Both invite visitors into the artists’ worlds and to reimagine the extraordi nary architecture of Soane in new ways that are at once inspiring\, relata ble and at times unsettling.” \nMirror\, Mirror is supported by a Nation al Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England.\nPrem Sahib’s outdoo r bronze work Apotropaic 2 is made possible by funding from the Frampton F und\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.makeitealing.co.uk/wp-content/upload s/2025/05/Pitzhanger-Exhibition-.png CATEGORIES:Art & Culture,Entertainment,Hobbies & Keep-Fit LOCATION:Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery\, Mattock Lane\, London\, W5 5EQ\, Unit ed Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mattock Lane\, London\, W5 5EQ\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery :geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR